Vice President of Engineering

October 23

🏄 California – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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Trashie

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eCommerce • Social Impact • Wellness

Trashie is a recycling platform that provides users with convenient ways to recycle clothes and electronic waste through a system of take back bags and boxes. Customers can fill these bags with unwanted items, send them back for free, and earn rewards in the form of TrashieCash, which can be redeemed for discounts and offers. Trashie aims to significantly reduce the amount of e-waste and clothing that ends up in landfills while promoting sustainable practices in recycling.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2024

🛍️ eCommerce

🌍 Social Impact

🧘 Wellness

📋 Description

• Own the technical vision and execution for Trashie’s Deals & Rewards platform — architecting and scaling the systems that power real-time offers, partner integrations, consumer engagement, and reward redemptions. • Lead teams applying machine learning and AI to personalize offers, optimize engagement, detect and prevent fraud, and deliver measurable ROI for partners and users. • Build and scale secure, high-performance commerce systems — including transaction processing, API integrations, and a robust rewards ledger capable of supporting millions of users. • Partner with Product, Growth, and Business Development teams to align technical execution with platform KPIs such as engagement, redemption rates, and partner outcomes. • Recruit, develop, and retain world-class engineering talent; foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. • Work closely with company leadership to translate strategic goals into technical priorities, manage resource allocation, and deliver outcomes that drive business growth.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience, including at least 5 years managing large engineering teams that deliver consumer-facing platforms. • Demonstrated success architecting and scaling high-volume commerce, loyalty, or rewards systems — including transaction processing, API integrations, and real-time personalization engines. • Experience leading teams applying machine learning and AI to consumer engagement, personalization, recommendation systems, and fraud detection. • Strong background in software engineering, data engineering, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure). • Track record of aligning engineering with business outcomes — driving KPIs such as user engagement, redemption rates, and partner ROI. • Proven ability to recruit, develop, and inspire world-class technical talent; experience managing globally distributed teams is a plus. • Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders at the executive level. • Passion for building innovative consumer platforms that deliver value at scale and shape the future of how people and brands connect.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package • Safe, rewarding and empowering work environment • Generous Health, dental, and vision coverage • 401(k) Enrollment • Flexible Time Off • Company-wide time off • Remote work flexibility • Strong and positive work culture in an exciting startup space